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United States Patent William M. Menkemeir, Baltimore, Md. pp i t o N emr 3 12 S r alN 5 9 96 2 claim or. 312-183} The present invention relatesto a cabinet, particularly for a cabinetfor the storage and display ofmaps, charts, illustrations or the like. i

Qne object of the invention is to provide a cabinet where the maps orcharts are. always carried open on a panel.

Another object of the invention. is, to. provide a cabinet in. which alarge number of. panels may be stored and individually displayed withina small concentrated area.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet having astorage area and a display area in which the panels may be locked intotheir storage areas for preventing their unauthorized use.

While several objects of the invention have been pointed out, otherobjects may appear later as the nature of the invention is more fullydisclosed. The invention consists of its novel construction, combinationand arrangement of its several parts as described and illustrated in thefollowing specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved cabinet.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 2-2 of Figure1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary elevational view of a portion of oneend of the cabinet.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary sectional view taken along line 5-5 of Figure4.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary exploded view partly in section,illustrating the end construction of the cabinet.

A general view of the cabinet is shown in Figure l and is referred to asa unit by the letter C. The cabinet has at least one closed end C and anopen section C". However, the present cabinet is illustrated with twoclosed cabinets C' and C and the open sections C" lying between the twoclosed sections.

The cabinet is provided with a bottom 1 which is continuous throughoutthe entire bottom area. Across each end of the bottom are 90 degreeangle iron supports 2 and 3, which have each of their horizontal sidessecured to the bottom 1 by welding or other suitable means.

The corresponding sides of the angle iron 2 and 3' extend upwardly andsupport against their faces bar members 8 and 9. Extending through theside portions 2' and 3 of the angle iron and the adjustable bars 8 and 9are a plurality of apertures. These apertures are shown at 10 and 11respectively in the bars 8 and 9. These apertures are to receive tightlystretched parallel wires for forming channels along the bottom from oneend of the cabinet to the other. Each individual wire is held by anindividual clamp as shown at 15. The clamps are provided with smallapertures as shown at 16 and 17 in Figure 5 through which the wire isextended. Perpendicular to the wire opening is a threaded hole adaptedto receive threaded screws 18 and 19, which when operated will engageand hold the wire. For additional security the wire is bent over andsilver soldered the wire supporting member.

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s ew n o these sc ew he. b s, r por i ns of the bars "may be movedoutwardly at slightly different de-. grees to tighten the stretchedwires.

i The end portions of the cabinet are referredto as the closed sections.Each of these sections are preferably provided in addition to thecontinuous bottom with a closed top 25, ends 4 and 5 which are supportedupon members 23, 24, 26 and 27, and sidewalls 28, 29, 30 and 31. Hingedadjacent the inner edge of the side walls are doors 35 and 36. Thesedoors are adapted to swing open along a line in a plane with the rearsides 30 and 31. The door is adapted with suitable holes for overlappingthe U staples 38, through which a lock may be passed to securely lockthe doors closed, as shown best in Figure 2. The sides of sections C andC" forming the front of the cabinet are provided with pockets 40, 41, 42and 43 for receiving an information card, which is to be used inconnection with the particular illustration to be exhibited.

In Figure 6, it is illustrated specifically how the lower portion of thecabinet is assembled and the location of The bottom 1 is secured to oneside of the degree angle iron member 3 by screws 6. The wire supportingbar 9 is located adjacent the upright portion 3 of the angle iron.

Adapted to slide along the channels formed by the stretched wires areaplurality of display boards as shown in Figure 1 by the numeral 45.These display boards are usually constructed from well known Masoniteboard, about which is preferably placed a metal head 46. On the bottomedge of this display board are a pair of round headed screws 47 and 48.These screws are for supporting the weight of the board along the bottomand act as skids upon which the board is moved out and in the closedsections to and from the open section of the cabinet.

The stretched wires at the top of the cabinet are so located in respectto the height of the cabinet that the display board may be raisedupwardly from the bottom channel and removed, as shown in Figure 3.

The cabinet is equipped with a bonnet 51 along the front edge of theopen area unde which suitable lighting may be placed in order to lightup the board when the contents thereon are being displayed.

In operation, starting with the display boards being in the endsections, the doors 35 and 36 are opened, if not already open, untilthey are in a plane with the rear side of the cabinet. tabs 50. Theboard to be displayed is selected from the tab and the board is pulledfrom the closed section into the open area between the two sections asshown in Figure l, where it may be viewed. The board is guided along thechannels formed by the tightly stretched wires at the bottom and top ofthe cabinet. When the operation is completed the boards are moved intothe end or ends of the cabinet and the doors are locked by inserting Thedisplay boards 45 are marked with 3 t a lock element through theU-shaped staples after the door slots have been first placed over thestaple 38.

While the cabinet is shown as having two closed sections, the cabinetmay be constructed with only one closed section, of course, its capacitywould then be only one half of its present capacity.

While the invention is described and illustrated for a specific form ofcabinet, other forms may become apparent to one skilled in the art,therefore, the present disclosure is not intended as a limitation, asthe scope of the invention is best defined in the depending claims.

I claim: v

1. In a cabinet including a continuous rigid bottom throughout itsentire width and length having at least one section adjacent one end andabove said bottom having a length of substantially one half the lengthof the bottom enclosed by a fixed top, two side walls and an outer end,the inner end of the enclosed section above the said bottom beingremovable, the area of .the open end of the cabinet being of at leastthe same area as that of the outer end of the closed section, aplurality of tightly drawn parallel wires extending throughout thelength of the bottom and fixedly positioned slightly above the saidbottom, and corresponding parallel tightly drawn wires extendingthroughout the length of the cabinet and the means at each end of eachwire supported by the bar adjacent the outer surface thereof.

2. In a device as set forth in claim 1 in which a hinged door ishingedly supported adjacent the inner edge of each of the rear sidewalls adjacent the open area and of such dimensions as to close off thearea between the open area and the end cabinets when the doors are swungtoward the opposite side walls thereof, preventing the movement of thedisplay boards out of the closed sections when the doors are closed.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS943,877 Holland Dec. 21, 1909 1,119,544 Schmidt Dec. 1, 1914 1,314,481Votey Aug. 26, 1919 1,802,102 Ziegler et a1. Apr. 21, 1931

